After a short break it was time for the second batch of semi-final two rehearsals. Romania, Serbia, San Marino and Denmark went up on the stage again to have their second rehearsals. There were some changes in the performances, camera shots and wardrobes, but #YOU can read all about it in the individual reviews in this article so don’t worry!

ROMANIA – The Humans – Goodbye

Of course, the mannequins are back and the performance is the same as it was during the first rehearsal, as are the outfits. There is not much to say about this in terms of changes and improvements, but the vocals are on form once again from Cristina Caramarcu. The purple dress for Cristina and the masks and white costumes stay for the performers, and the mannequin challenge stays. Will it be enough for Romania to continue their qualification streak? We will have to wait and see.

SERBIA – Sanja Ilić & Balkanika – Nova Deca

The Serbian crew have decided to change their costumes for the second rehearsal. Most of the people here in the press centre find these more suitable for their performance on Thursday night. They all vocally sound near-perfect so there shouldn’t be any worries about that on the night, but whether the choreography will exemplify the performance’s message remains to be seen.

SAN MARINO – Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening – Who We Are

The biggest change here comes from the messages that the far-left robot is holding. After a fan poll online run by the Sanmarinese delegation they are now saying “Justice for Valentina!”. I also have some concerns about their vocals, but this is a fun performance and a colourful and creative one. The camera work is now very effective and needs no further fixing. While not many would expect San Marino to qualify we certainly are thankful for their fun performance.

DENMARK – Rasmussen – Higher Ground

They wanted a blizzard, but I’m not sure if they got it, as it only seems to be a light dusting of snow. Rasmussen and his Vikings are owning the stage with their sails and vocals! The backdrop still carries the blue nautical theme we are all familiar with by now. It was such a powerful performance that it would be such a shame if it doesn’t qualify, but I don’t think Denmark will need to worry about this.

Photo credits: Andres Putting/Thomas Hanses (EBU)

What do #YOU think of today’s rehearsals? Share your thoughts with us on our forum HERE or join the discussion below and on social media!

We are live from Lisbon for the third day of rehearsals and it was the turn of the second semi-finalists to take to the Altice Arena stage. Norway’s returning champion Alexander Rybak kicked off the day, with other performance from Romania, Serbia and San Marino. But how did they get on today? Read on for our reviews!

If #YOU need a more in-depth analysis of the rehearsals, make sure to like and subscribe to us on YouTube HERE to be notified when we begin our live streams!

NORWAY – Alexander Rybak – That’s How You Write a Song

If you saw the performance from Melodi Grand Prix then there will be nothing to surprise you here, but Rybak still has his natural stage charisma which I’m sure will charm the audience onto his side. The stage is lit in flashing pink and blue hues. On his second run there are some in-ear and camerawork problems but on the whole the performance is a strong one once the crew iron out the kinks. Some additional heart graphics appear on stage during the bridge of the song and the final run sees the addition of sporadic fireworks and sparks at the song’s key moments. I feel like some of the intimate feel of the national final has been lost on the big Lisbon stage however.

ROMANIA – The Humans – Goodbye

Romania’s The Humans are channelling their inner DJ Bobo with their anthemic performance! Vocalist Christina Caramarcu wears a purple dress and has a flawless vocal performance, lifting this song to the stadium rock levels it needs. The guitarists Alexandru Cismaru and Alin Neagoe stand with their backs to the camera in the beginning with masks on the back of their heads, with dozens of mannequins wearing masks strewn across the stage. Christina then proceeds to waltz around the stage in between the rows of figures before the ‘money shot’ of a big note. The final shot showing the crowd of people on stage really works well with the performance and its message.

SERBIA – Sanja Ilic & Balkanika – Nova deca

The performance starts off with all three of the female singers standing in a row with exaggerated hand movements, ahead of a dark golden backdrop. The ladies are wearing flowing grey dresses, with the lead male singer Mladen Lukić in black alongside the rest of Balkanika. There is a lot of choreography between the three female leads and Lukić, but it doesn’t seem to have much sense or reasoning behind it. When the beat kicks in to the song the stage is awash with swathes of blue light, and the performance alternates between the two colours intermittently. It looks a little unclear at the moment so I’d have to say that the Beovizija performance was a lot more mystical and exciting to me.

SAN MARINO – Jessika ft. Jenifer B – Who We Are

How cute is this performance! San Marino once again bringing their microstate charm to the Eurovision stage with a quarter of dancing robots, including one that holds signs saying “I’m not your robot” and “Will you marry me?”. The stage is colourful in the chorus but not to an overpowering degree, and Jessika and Jenny B have a charming prescence on stage. I’m not convinced this will be in the final but it’s certainly a memorable performance!

Come back soon for reviews from our next batch of rehearsals; Denmark, Russia and Moldova!

Image credits: Andres Putting/Thomas Hanses (EBU)

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Sun, 22 Apr 2018 19:08:12 +0000http://escunited.com/?p=33448This editorial is written from the opinion of the author and does not represent the views of the other editors, the EBU or escYOUnited as a whole.

Last weekend, over three quarters of this year’s Eurovision acts headed to Amsterdam and the AFAS Live arena for the tenth Eurovision in Concert. I’m sure many of you will have seen their performances online and assessed how the different artists performed live as well as seeing what they got up to in Amsterdam whilst they were there. However, one thing that’s often maybe forgotten about is the actual fan experience of going to a Eurovision preview event. Well, look no further as I had the good fortune to be in the crowd for this year’s event, alongside three of my fellow editors!

A quick bit of background first; I saw the 2016 Grand Final live in Stockholm, but that was my sole live Eurovision experience until last weekend. I should also say that I do not frequent live music events particularly often, so apologies if I seem to be getting excited about things which seem perfectly normal to you!

My first reaction on entering the arena was “WOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE?!” And it really was packed! The arena can hold 5500 people and I’m sure we were pretty close to that. Instead of joining the ‘mosh pit’ (as I am reliably informed it is called), we headed to the standing area behind the bank of seats which, although far from the stage, afforded a fantastic view with no one standing in our way, although it did have the tendency to be in the spotlight from the extremely bright stage lights a little too often! The show was hosted by the Dutch 1998 and 2007 entrant, Edsilia Rombley, and Cornald Maas, who has commentated on the event a number of times for Dutch television. They did a great job of getting the show moving and soon we were off with the first act.

One of the things which really struck me during the Concert was that the feeling in the crowd is quite different to that at the actual Contest. There is a much stronger sense of camaraderie within the audience, with a lot more positivity for the performers. I suppose that the absence of a winner possibly contributes to this, but it made the whole thing feel a lot more relaxed and less intense than going to the Contest felt back in 2016. The crowd reactions overall fascinated me however. As you should know, ESC United has an ‘Expert’ Panel this year and as part of this we have been asking #YOU to rate each song out of ten as well to give each song a ‘televote’ score. 24 of the entries we have looked at so far were on stage last weekend, so I have looked at how the audience reaction compares to the song’s televote score in the ‘Expert Panel’.

Overall the results tie up quite well: The best reactions on the night were for Israel, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Czech Republic and Spain. Israel and Bulgaria are currently 2nd and 4th respectively, with the Netherlands in 6th (although who can be surprised that Weylon got a superb reception in his home country?) and Czech Republic in 7th. Spain is a slight anomaly as it is 13th in our poll, but Spanish fans are widely known to be some of the most passionate fans for their home entry every year, so it is little surprise that they were cheering Amaia and Alfred on so strongly! Iceland, Serbia, San Marino, Moldova and Lithuania got the quietest reactions, which again roughly correlates with our televote poll, although Iceland and Lithuania were a little highly rated for the muted reaction they got, which could be of concern to them going forwards.

Another country which could possibly be a little worried is Macedonia. Currently lying 5th in both the overall and the televote rankings, Macedonia’s reaction was lukewarm at best in the Arena, which could foreshadow difficulties when it comes to Lisbon in just a few short weeks. There was, however, hope for Malta as they languish near the very bottom of our televoter ranking in 22nd: they got a fairly good audience reaction in the arena, so perhaps there is more support out there for the song than our ranking currently indicates!

So what else? Well, on a personal level there really is nothing like seeing the acts live. One of my least favourite songs this year is, possibly controversially, Israel. I gave it a whole one point on the ‘Expert’ Panel, yet seeing it performed live… Well, I was definitely tapping my feet to say the least. It just started to work better somehow! The song draws you in more than just seeing it on a screen. Other editors were finding the same thing with others songs of which they were not originally hugely enamoured – with Hungary being a particular standout in this regard!

Israel may work better live, but it’s still not my favourite Toy…

To conclude, therefore, I can heartily recommend trying to get to one of the pre-Eurovision events if you possibly can! You get to see more acts than you would at a Eurovision semi or final (we saw 32 acts, whereas the Grand Final will ‘only’ have 26). You also get to focus more on the song and the singer(s) than you would at Eurovision as the staging is minimal, so it gives you a more intimate understanding of how they approach their entry. You also get to see things you’d never see at ESC! San Marino’s entry began with the wrong music, prompting quite the glare from Jessika! Emilie was sadly unwell, so SuRie stepped up in her place for an English version of “Mercy” (as Jean-Karl put it “I have found another Madame for tonight”!). We also saw Equinox joined by Kristian Kostov, Bulgaria’s entrant from last year, to perform “Bones”. It was a really special evening and well worth the trip to Amsterdam! Hopefully next year I’ll be there once again – and maybe #YOU will too!

Which pre-Eurovision event would #YOU like to attend? Share your thoughts with us below or on our forum!

This Saturday, the biggest Eurovision Song Contest pre-party will kick off! It has now been confirmed that 32 participants will be travelling to Amsterdam to meet journalists and press and entertain the fans during the concert!

The concert, which this year will be celebrating its tenth year anniversary, will be held for the first time at the larger AFAS Arena in Amsterdam.

This year’s concert will be hosted by Dutch Eurovision commentator Cornald Maas and Dutch singer
Edsilia Rombley, who represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest both in 1998 and
2007.

The participants who will be in Amsterdam are:

Albania – Eugent Bushpepa

Armenia – Sevak Khanagyan

Australia – Jessica Mauboy

Austria – Cesár Sampson

Belarus – Alekseev

Belgium – Sennek

Bulgaria – Equinox

Czech Republic – Mikolas Josef

Denmark – Rasmussen

Finland – Saara Alto

France – Madame Monsieur

Germany – Michael Schulte

Hungary – AWS

Iceland – Ari Ólafsson

Ireland – Ryan O’Shaughnessy

Israel – Netta

Latvia – Laura Rizzotto

Lithuania – Ieva Zasimauskaitė

(FYR) Macedonia – Eye Cue

Malta – Christabelle

Moldova – DoReDoS

Montenegro – Vanja Radovanović

Netherlands – Waylon

Poland – Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer

San Marino – Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening

Serbia – Sanja Ilić & Balkanika

Slovenia – Lea Sirk

Spain – Alfred & Amaia

Sweden – Benjamin Ingrosso

Switzerland – Zibbz

Ukraine – Mélovin

United Kingdom – SuRie

Sean & myself will be present in Amsterdam to update #YOU with the latest updates and backstage coverage from the concert.

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Jére-Eric K. (Facebook) – “It´s my favourite… It´s my favourite Eurovision song of all the time. So beautiful and touching.”

BernadetteCydonia (Forum) – “Seems like a breath of fresh air from us after several years of relying on fast musical tempo, and now we decided to send a sweet ballad about sticking with your loved one until the end of time. Unfortunately it comes across as just too harmless to stand out, especially with the draw its got, but maybe that’s its charm? I don’t know. It’s pleasant and lovely but it kinda lacks something to possibly leave any impact on millions of others.”

Mandy N. (Facebook) – “I think this is a sweet and simple song. Ieva comes across as a lovely and genuine person too. As it’s in the first semi and she’s sandwiched between two of the hot favourites (Czech Republic and Israel), not sure it will qualify, but it would be a happy surprise if it does.”

So some people really touched by the Lithuanian entry, but how did this translate to points? Well, the Baltic nation ends up with 51 points on the ‘televote’, so we will see how this compares to the rest of the field later on. On to Serbia!

20. SERBIA – Sanja Ilić & Balkanika – Nova deca

10 points

Christian – “All other countries watch and learn. I am once more impressed. Beautiful harmonies over a well composed song in a language that sounds so good when being sung. This is how you do it. A mix of your own musical culture and history blend together with a more modern sound. This is a classic Eurovision song as we know it and love it. Well done. I loved the entry last year a lot and could only have wished for it to have been performed in the native tongue. IF this does not win or does end up in the final who cares because this is of such high standard and quality that it is almost a category of it’s own. No gimmicks here just a performance that should blow everyone away and if the voters/judges do not agree this was still an outstanding performance.”

Robert – “Ooooo I do like folk-ish element when they are done well and it’s undeniably done well here! The first minute or so of this entry is just stellar, unashamedly setting out its stall. I also have a thing for amazing vocalists and we have an undoubted star here in Sanja. The song is a wonderful and gorgeous piece with a lovely flowing feel to it. If I were to criticise somewhat, I would say that the first minute is easily the best and the rest of the song does drop a little below the exceptionally high bar it sets. Having said that, the soft ending is a masterstroke as it contrasts so well with the rest of the piece.”

8 points

David – “I remember watching the Serbian final, being very exhausted as well, but when this song began on the evening, it was the only song to capture my attention. This song has that feel to it, which you’d expect from only Serbia, and I adore that. In Serbian, very modern yet traditional and it’s outstanding. However, the intro can be a bit heavy going through, it’s a long build up, but to me, it’s worth it when I feel for it.”

7 points

Sean – “Serbia are back to their forté in a fantastic way in Lisbon! This is the kind of song the new modern and commercially viable Eurovision has been missing the last few years. A wonderfully constructed song with a mysterious Balkan atmosphere and some spine-tingling vocal moments. Serbia have pulled it out of the bag with this one while staying true to their culture, I just hope for a more deserving result than for 2017’s equally great song.”

Stefan – “Intro does gives me some chills, but the rest is just making me wonder why did they mix so many styles in one song. I feel like its gonna qualify, but I still have doubts. I hope the best for them, but it is far from my top 10.”

6 points

Calvin – “I do like the intro to the song, and the chorus is also quite catchy. It’s also a creative idea to put them together, and I appreciate the risk Serbia went for in doing so. But once the first chorus is over, there’s just a lot of meandering without a build on the energy that comes from the genre change. The song gets a bit boring once the cool, jarring impact of the genre change fades. Still, there’s a lot to appreciate, even if I won’t be reaching for the replay button.”

Connor- “While I dig the combination of traditional folk with pop/upbeat orchestration, I’m not sure this song will fare in the semis. I have hopes that Serbia will come back to the final, but that’s going to be highly dependent on a better staging and their competition forgetting to show up.”

4 points

Efe – “Actually, last year I was quite surprised that they couldn’t make it to the grand finale. This year I certainly won’t be surprised if they are eliminated. “Nova Deca” is a really confusing song. To me, they won’t make it through sadly.”

3 points

Matt – “I want to thank Serbia for sending something different and a song that to me feels authentic. It adds to the diversity of this year’s songs. That being said, this song is NOT for me at all. The song takes too long to really get into gear, it takes basically a full minute. 60 seconds of wailing really just takes all joy out of me so I’m turned off early on and the song fails to recapture my interest or excitement. Just not my kinda song, sorry…”

2 points

Zack – “Inside this three minute composition, there is a song. Where that song is and what kind of song it is…I’m not sure. I honestly feel like the song is sung off-key and off-tune. Something just does not rub me the right way about it. And for a song that seems to want to highlight the music and culture of its country, that’s a shame.”

With a mixed bag of points awarded, Serbia winds up with a jury score of 63 points. Now how will that prepare them for the ‘televote’ result? We shall see!

Here are the latest standings…

Israel – Netta – Toy (157)

France – Madame Monsieur – Mercy (153)

Bulgaria – Equinox – Bones (153)

(FYR) Macedonia – Eye Cue – Lost and Found (153)

Portugal – Cláudia Pascoal – O jardim (144)

Finland – Saara Aalto – Monsters (142)

Cyprus – Eleni Foureira – Fuego (130)

Switzerland – Zibbz – Stones (129)

Romania – The Humans – Goodbye (127)

Czech Republic – Mikolas Josef – Lie to Me (120)

Germany – Michael Schulte – You Let Me Walk Alone (120)

Azerbaijan – Aisel – X My Heart (116)

Albania – Eugent Bushpepa – Mall (115)

Croatia – Franka – Crazy (113)

Spain – Alfred & Amaia – Tu canción (112)

Malta – Christabelle – Taboo (107)

United Kingdom – SuRie – Storm (104)

Lithuania – Ieva Zasimauskaite – When We’re Old (102)

Moldova – DoReDos – My Lucky Day (96)

Serbia – Sanja Ilić & Balkanika – Nova deca (63)

Lithuania move into a lowly 18th with an average score from both parties, as Israel hold on to the lead.

Now it’s your turn, what do #YOU think of Serbia’s entry for Lisbon? Share your thoughts with us by leaving a short review in the comments, on social media using @escunited or on our forum HERE and we will share the best ones with #YOU tomorrow! Don’t forget to also vote in the poll below to affect the final Serbian result!

Tomorrow we will be tackling the Netherlands, but should the song be outlawed or are we on board to rock this year?

The Serbian national final, Beovizija, was held tonight with seventeen acts competing for the right to become the country’s next representative in Lisbon this May. Dragana Kosjerina, Kristina Radenković, Branko Veseliović and Aleksandar Stojanović served as the hosts for a star-studded evening.

Tonight’s show was opened by RTS’s choir and dancing group Una Saga Serbica performing the Serbian winning entry from 2007, “Molitva”.

Wondering what to do on a quiet Tuesday night in February? You’re in luck… tonight there is another Eurovision national final to enjoy! Serbia’s Beovizija returns for the first time since 2009 and is the first time Serbia have chosen through a national selection since the 2013 contest!

The Serbian selection certainly has a bumper feast of entries for us tonight, with no less than 17 songs taking part in the competition. A combination of Serbian public televoting and a professional jury will help to decide the Serbian entry for Lisbon.

The 17 acts taking part in Beovizija 2018 are;

SevdahBABY – Hajde da igramo sada

Biber & DJ Niko Bravo – Jutros (Svatovi)

Maja Nikolić – Zemlja čuda

Srđan & Emil – Bar da znam

Ivan Kurtić – Ni sunca ni meseca

Sanja Ilić & Balkanika – Nova deca

Koktel Balkan – Zato

Boris Režak – Vila

Lana & Aldo – Jača od svih

Dušan Svilar – Pod krošnjom bagrema

Igor Lazarević – Beži od mene

Saška Janks – Pesma za tebe

Lord – Samo nek se okreće

Danijel Pavlović – Ruža sudbine

BASS – Umoran

Osmi Vazduh & Friends – Probudi se

Rambo Amadeus & Beti Đorđević – Nema te

There are a number of familiar faces in the national selection, most notably Rambo Amadeus who represented neighbouring Montenegro in 2012 with “Euro Neuro”. Maja Nikolić will be taking part in the selection for the fifth time, with the veteran singer finally hoping to represent her native Serbia in the competition. Saška Janks has previously been to Eurovision as a backing singer in both 2010 and 2011 for Milan Stanković and Nina respectively.

#YOU can watch all of the action live from Belgrade HERE from 21:00 CET (more links on our forum), and we will bring #YOU the final result as and when it is revealed!

Who do #YOU want to win Beovizija 2018? Share your thoughts with us on our forum HERE or join the discussion below and on social media!

Osmi vazduh is a project created by Marko and Lena Kuzmanović, made in 2013 as a result of mutual love of making music. Their work has a nostalgic vibe of the 80s. Several of the group members already have some Eurovision experience, as they’ve been backing vocalists. This Tuesday at Beovizija they will perform a very interesting and catchy song called Probudi se (Wake me up). We had a chat with Lena & Jelena Pajić, and here is what they have to say about themselves, Beovizija and Eurovision.

Would you be so kind as to tell our readers something about you guys?

– Our band represents something that doesn’t fit the pattern of the current trending music in Serbia. Drugari (friends) are real friends with big hearts and lots of talent. We gathered because we were looking for good vibes and people who will feel, hear and understand the meaning and the message of our song. We’ve found that. Every rehearsal we have is full of laughter and goofing around. We have to thank our amazing girls Jelena Đurić, Jelena Pajić, Anja Mit for that and also our choreographer Irena Šarović, who helps us to become the best as we can.

What do you expect out of your Beovizija participation?

– To have a looooot of fun, to give our message to the public and hopefully to reach as many people as we can.

Some of you have already participated at Eurovision as backing vocalists, how does it feel to be in the run for the right to become the Serbian representative?

– Lena: It feels the same. You give all of you. There is no fighting, just love no matter the performance or the competition.

– Jelena P: I am so glad that I am part of this amazing crew. Lena, Jelena & myself already know how things work, what is important performance wise. We are all friends, we are full of positive vibes and we will enjoy every minute.

How does a typical day looks for you?

– It begins with a yawn… And a smile also. Me and Marko have a seven month old baby who works as a wake up alarm. Then we push it in the fifth gear. Dressing up, feeding, playing, having a walk with our older daughter, going shopping, rehearsals, studio, and lots of coffee and laughter.

Is there a story about your song?

– Our song is an ode to joy, it resembles the typical 80s sounds, the melody will make you dance and it will get in your ear immediately. The lyrics have the goal to wake you up, to encourage you to live the moment, to get rid of your ego, your fake roles that we are living day by day, off the thoughts that don’t give you a chance to get in touch with yourself, because they keep you busy. Simply, it’s a chance to get free of the labels and live the moment fully with a wide smile.

Your favorite Eurovision memory?

– Ooooh, there are a lot of them… I’ve been there twice, so it’s hard to pick one. Maybe it could be the perfection of the organization, having the first rehearsal, everyone there is trying their best so everything works perfectly for you. During those two weeks you feel like you are a mega star.

Your favorite Eurovision song?

– It would still be ABBA’s Waterloo.

Do you have any kind of a message for Eurovision fans from all around the world?

– Live the moment, love, don’t spend your energy on hate, because it won’t change anything.

We hope you enjoyed getting to know Osmi vazduh & Drugari and that you’ll tune into Beovizija to catch them this Tuesday! What do #YOU think about their song and their chances in the national final? Are you excited to hear them perform at Beovizija? Sound off on social media and on our forum!

Saška Janx is well known in Eurovision circles. She was a backing vocalist at Eurovision on three occasions, and this will also be her third participation in the Serbian national final. She also participated in a singing show similar to The Voice, where she got praised from Jennifer Hudson for her performance of her song “One Night Only.” This coming Tuesday, Saška will do her best at Beovizija with her amazing voice, performing Pesma za tebe (Song for you).

Could you tell us who is Saška Janx in just two short sentences?

– Saška is, like someone would say, an amazing dude, an empath and someone who is looking forward to living the life. She is someone who likes art and showbiz almost equally, every positive vibe, creativity, good approach and of course animals.

What were your first thoughts when you found out that you will participate at Beovizija?

– I was so grateful and happy for that first official step towards the Eurovision Song Contest. And Lisbon… Since I was a little girl, I started to listen to their music, as well as Brazilian music, and I was always saying that I wanted to study Portuguese language. It’s just love…

Since you already have participated at Serbian national finals and you were also a backing vocalist at Eurovision, do you think you have some advantage comparing to the other participants of Beovizija?

– My Eurovision experience is some kind of an advantage, as I already know how things work there, the preparations and all those things that are lined up for the representative. But since all the participants have many and various experiences and we all are professionals, I don’t think there are many differences.

What is a typical day like for you?

– It depends. When I have to work, or I have meetings or gigs, I am totally committed to my work. But when I’m free, my days are full of hedonism, creativity, spending time with my dog and close and dear friends.

Would you be so kind to tell us something interesting about yourself? Something that isn’t commonly known.

– Crocheting relaxes me. I’ve learned it from my music teacher, and the thread was made of sac, but later my dear grandma Mara gave me advice how to use the real thread and other materials.

How would you describe your song in just couple of words?

– The song is sincere, emotional, very specific, pop/soul with some elements of traditional music.

Your first Eurovision memory?

– Oslo, 2010. We came into our hotel, “Opera,” and across the street, like floating on the water, the real and one and only Oslo Opera House – one of the most famous Operas in the world.

Your favorite Eurovision song?

– I have a few, actually the list would be very long. The last couple years gave us so many amazing songs, so it would be hard to pick just one. I am so glad that we again have good songs and amazing performances at Eurovision.

Do you have any kind of a message for Eurovision fans from all around the world?

– I would like to thank them for the support they were giving us and that they will continue to give, always and everywhere, specially in May during Eurovision, when we need that support the most. Also, I am sending them all lots of love!

We hope you enjoyed our interview with Saška and that you catch her and her fellow candidates at Beovizija on Tuesday!

What do #YOU think of her song and her chances at Beovizija? Sound off on social media and on our forum!